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had  been  10;  foreign  Ijonorary  members,  2  ;  home  honorary  members,  8;  re- 
signed, 1  ;  deceased,  1.  The  roll  at  present  contains  119  active  members,  3 
associate  members  and  15  honorary  members.  The  orders  drawn  upon  the 
treasury  amounted  to  $609.26.    Report  received. 
The  Treasurer  reported  that  the  cash  in  the  treasury  amounted  to  S331  ;  the 
receipts  for  the  year  had  been  i$757.33  ;  expenses,  $694.26  ;  balance,  $394.26. 
Report  received  and  referred  to  the  Auditing  Committee. 
The  President  then  delivered  his  retiring  address.  He  urged  increased  zeal 
and  attention  to  the  best  interests  of  the  society,  and  that  proprietors  should 
make  it  possible  and  convenient  for  their  clerks  to  attend  the  lectures.  The 
pubhcation  of  The  Phartnacut  had  met  with  much  success,  owing  in  great  part 
to  the  exertions  of  ¥lr.  Whitfield.  A  permanent  home  for  the  college  must 
soon  be  had.    In  closing.  Mr.  Sargent  resigned  his  office  as  President. 
The  Association  then  proceeded  to  an  election  of  officers,  with  the  following 
result : 
President — E.  H.  Sargent. 
Vice-Presidents — J.  W.  Ehrman,  E,  T.  Schloetzer. 
Treasurer — A.  C.  Vanderburg. 
Secretary — G.  M.  Hambright. 
Corresponding  Secretary — Albert  E.  Ebert. 
Board  of  Trustees — Thomas  Whittield,  Henry  Biroth,  George  Buck,  N.Gray 
Bartlett,  John  M.  Wilson,  Joseph  M.  Hirsch,  W.  F.  Blocki,  T.  H.  Patterson, 
Henry  Sweet  and  Thomas  N.  Jamison. 
The  meeting  then  adjourned. 
The  nineteenth  annual  commencement  of  this  institution  was  held  at  the  new 
Assembly  Rooms,  on  the  evening  of  March  10th  at  8  o'clock.  A  large  and  in- 
telligent audience  was  present,  and  music  was  discoursed  by  the  fifth  regiment 
band.  The  ceremonies  were  opened  with  a  prayer  by  Rev.  E.  A.  Dalrymple, 
D.  D. 
Prof.  Thomas  J.  DeRossett,  M.  D.,  after  reading  the  act  of  incorporation, 
said  that  in  pursuance  of  the  powers  thus  vested  by  the  General  Assembly  of 
the  State,  the  Maryland  College  of  Pharmacy  have  heretofore  conferred  the 
degree  of  Doctor  in  Pharmacy  on  several  of  its  members,  and  this  evening  the 
honorary  degree  of  Doctor  in  Pharmacy  is  conferred  on  Prof.  William  Procter, 
Jr.,  Prof.  John  M.  Maisch  and  Prof.  Israel  J.  Grahame,  of  Philadelphia,  and 
Prof.  David  Stewart,  M.  D.,  of  Delaware. 
Prof.  DeRossett  then  announced  the  following  list  of  graduates  for  1871,  viz  : 
John   Baumgarten,  Maryland.  Thesis  Gillenia. 
Frank  W.  Blaney,  "  Sanguinaria. 
T,  Briscoe  Compton,  West  Virginia,  ''  Achillea. 
Henry  W.  Hanna.  Maryland,  "  Syrupus. 
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